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Originally Posted by dangonay
Bump....
Not many people were likely following this, so Coles Notes.
- vBulletin software was developed by a company known as Jelsoft.
- Two key developers (plus two others) at vBulletin didn't like the way vB was going after IB (Internet Brands) bought out vB from Jelsoft.
- They start their own forum software company called Xenforo.
- They release Xenforo and are promptly sued by IB in the UK and US. IB claims Xenforo relied on vB IP.
- After a lengthy period of court dates and hearings, IB and Xenforo settled, but terms of the settlement are confidential (this happened yesterday).
The good news is Xenforo is now continuing development with their far superior forum software. IMO (after working with the underlying code in vB and Xenforo) is they are nothing alike at all. Xenforo is a ground-up effort to build a better forum. vB suffers from many legacy issues due to how the underlying software is designed.
The common belief is that IB tried to run Xenforo into the ground by filing lawsuits that placed a heavy demand on the resources of Xenforo (a small company with a few employees compared to the very large IB). This actually worked for awhile as Xenforo updates were late getting released and many add-on developers stopped working on projects with the uncertainty of the lawsuit hanging over them. The lawsuit is settled and Xenforo development is back on track.
So it looks like the little guy won and the bully (IB) didn't succeed in burying Xenforo.
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Thanks for the info, I was looking into upgrading the forum software here, but didn't really want to leave VB since it has been rock solid for me for over a decade. I will look into Xenforo as another option!